First Division - Day 30

Athletic Bilbao 2 - Espanyol 0

Athletic: Kepa; De Marcos, Yeray, Laporte, Saborit; Iturraspe, Beñat (Mikel Rico 81’); Susaeta, Raúl García (San José 73’), Muniain (Williams 62’); Aduríz. 4-2-3-1.
Espanyol: Diego López; Víctor Sánchez, David López, Diego Reyes, Víctor Alvarez; Melendo (Hernán Pérez 46’), Diop, Javi Fuego, Marc Roca (Jurado 46’); Piatti, Alvaro Vázquez (Caicedo 75’). 4-4-2.

Goals:
1-0. 16. Aduríz (penalty). After Víctor Sánchez brought down Muniain in the area.
2-0. 37. Aduríz. Got on the end of long Beñat free kick to poke shot past keeper.

Yellow cards: Víctor Alvarez 18’, Yeray 27’, David López 37’, Javi Fuego 91’.

Athletic Bilbao move above Basque neighbours Real Sociedad to sixth place after a 2-0 victory over Espanyol on Tuesday evening. Quique Sánchez Flores made several changes to his line up, and he saw his side go behind on the quarter hour mark, Aduríz converting a penalty after Víctor Sánchez brought down Muniain in the area. Alvaro Vázquez curled a free kick just wide, but Diego López had to be at his best to tip a shot from Beñat over the top, and with half an hour gone Aduríz got on the end of a Beñat free kick to make it two. Kepa made the save of the night to keep out a David López header on the stroke of half time, but Aduríz could have completed a hat-trick had Diego López not pushed his shot on to the crossbar near the end.